Clarion 1946-12-20 Vol 26 No 06

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Vol. XXVI — No. 6 Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. December 20, 1946
411-Seitoal paid, wi.a.
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Bethel gets
tA Vacation
Tonight an all-school Christmas
party, promising special music,
and a reading besides an address
by President Wingblade, will be
held in the college chapel with a
smorgasbord immediately follow-ing.
Beginning at 4 o'clock, the pro-gram
will get underway with the
singing of Christmas carols. Speci-al
music, provided by the Bethel
music department, will include vio-lin
solos by Mrs. Edwin Omark;
Neidlinger's The Birthday of a
King, sung by Bernadette Thure-son;
and two numbers by the
Bethel Girls' Chorus, No Candle
Was There and No Fire and Voi-ces
Out of the Sky. Marilyn Wall-berg
will sing a sophrano solo.
President Wingblade will deliver
a short Christmas message and
Mrs. Wyman Malmsten will give
The Night Before Christmas as a
reading. T h e Swedish smorgos-bord
will be held in the dining
room of the girls' dormitory and
will follow President Wingblade's
address.
Today we lay our books on the
shelf and beside them we place
all our concern about assignments
and quiz periods. We are leaving,
most of us, to go to our homes to
enjoy a period of genuine indo-lence.
To each one of us, Christmas
vacation will mean essentially the
same thing — a time of freedom
from class room assignment and
a reunion with loved ones around
the Christmas tree. During the
past couple of days, spring fever
has put on its winter garb, and
we have been preparing ourselves
mentally for this coming respite
from our scholastic efforts. Now
we shall expose ourselves to the
luxuries that will be heaped upon
us by welcoming loved ones as we
return to their outstreched arms.
Their joy in having us in the cir-cle
again will express itself in ev-ery
kindness from Christmas nuts
and candies to the largest piece
of mince pie at the joyous Yule-tide
dinner.
Everyone who has heard of
Christmas will experience some
kind of Christmas hilarity this
holiday season. But we of Bethel
are happy because we know the
great Originator of this celebrated
vacation. And we know the exu-berant
joy which God has given
us in His Son, the greatest Gift of
all time. Our lips and hearts shall
tell forth His love all during this
anticipated vacation. For we know
One who never takes a vacation,
that we might have many. Neither
indeed can we take a vacation
from witnessing for Him, nor
would we if we could.
Have You Heard?
That Kilroy is still active in
school affairs! His latest inter-vention
is in the Commuters' Club,
where he has signed up to treat
Miss Berthel at the children's par-ty
that is being planned. He was
even bold enough to suggest an
age for the child he is to sponsor!
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It vas de night before Christmas, yen all tru de place vere ay
staying
Dere vasn't nobody making no noise, not eefen som mouses except my
brudder-in-law and he is a rat.
De stockings vere hanged by de shimney kinda careful
Because dat feller vit de red knickers vas supposed to be here.
De little shavers vas all snug in dere beds
Vile visions of sugar plums vas dancing in dere heads.
And mama in her curlers and ay in my night shirt,
Had yust vashed our feet for a long vinter's nap.
Ven out on de dormitory lawn dere arose an awful big noise,
Ay yumped out of bed to see if it vas de boys,
Avay to de vindow ay flew like a flash
Ay coulda made it faster, but ay'd yust ate some hash.
De moon vas shining on de new snow wot had yust come down
And it vas kinda shining like it vasn't night;
And vat to my vondering eyes should appear
But a little teeny-weeny sleigh mit eight tiny horses.
Dere vas a tiny little driver—so yolly and quick
Ay' could tell right avay in may night shirt it vas St. Nick.
More faster dan eagles in his horses dey came,
And he whistled and hollered and call em all names.
Now flasher, now trasher, now vixer, now prancer—
On Cosmetics, on Stupid, on Visconsin!
To de top of de porch to de top of de vall
Now pass avay, pass avay, pass out for gootness sake!
And in two shakes of a skunk's tail ay heard on de roof
Dose animals monkeying around mit dere feet;
As ay yanked in my head and tripped over de cat
Down de shimney came Santa Claus flat on his back.
He vas fat as an old hog—right yolly old elf
And ay laughed ven ay seen him—ay couldn't help it.
A oink of his eye and a twist of his head—
Soon gave me to know ay didn't have nothin to vorry about.
His eyes dey vas glassy—his suit vas de berries,
His cheeks vas like roses—his nose like some cherries.
His droll little mouth vas drawed up like a bow,
And de beard on his chin dragged down in de snow.
He didn't say nothin, but vent straight to his verk,
And put lots of stuff in de hosiery and turned vit a jerk—
And putting his fingers beside of his nose,
He says—"You know me, kids!" and pfft—he was gone.
He yumped in his big open yob, and to his team gave a vistle he had
promised em for Christmas
And dey yumped up and ran like day had sat on some tistles;
Ay heard him say as he scrammed out of dere-
"A snappy Christmas to all, and to all—I hope you get vat you vant!"
The word Christmas immediate-ly
brings to mind delightful
thoughts of crystal clear nights
with a flurry of soft snow and
jingling bells; thoughts of gaily
lighted trees, holly wreathes, and
mistletoe; thoughts of good food,
of turkey and pies, and all the de-licious
smells accompanying them;
thoughts of the joyful anticipation
of giving and receiving gifts.
In this time of joyous festivities,
let us as Christians pause and con-sider
the greatest gift of all, the
Lord Jesus Christ. Christmas
should be, for us, a time of re-dedication
and consecration to the
service of One who came to this
world some nineteen hundred
years ago that we might have life,
and have it more abundantly. With
the giving and receiving of gifts,
let us remember God's gift to us,
and our gift to Him of our bodies,
a living sacrifice. May our prayer
for the new year be "Only to be
what you want me to _be, every
moment of every day!"
Shopping Demands
Football Tactics
"Twas the week before Christmas
And all through the town
Were masses of people
Running around."
Why were all these people mad- "
ly running up one street and down
the other wandering from store to
store? Could it be they're looking
for Christmas presents to suit
their taste, as well as their purse.
Christmas shopping is now a
struggle for existence; the slogan
is "first come, first served." Each
store flaunts the brightest, choic-est,
and most intriguing wares in
their windows, beckoning and urg-
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vas Tbe Beaning
1 ebri5tinat
Page 2 THE CLARION
Edman Tells
of Gospel R's
This is the second of a series of
articles by great men of faith to-day,
written especially for the
CLARION.
It seems to me that there are
three R's in the Gospel as is tra-ditionally
true in grade school edu-cation;
and a thorough, firsthand
knowledge of them is indespensa-ble
in the Christian life. First
there is Regeneration, whereby the
children of men, convicted by
God's Spirit of their sinful and lost
estate, in penitence and faith come
to receive the Lord Jesus Christ
as personal Saviour. Regeneration
became my experiende at an evan-gelistic
service when I was a seni-or
in high school, and all of life
has been different because of new-ness
of life that came to be my
portion then.
In the second place there is Rev-elation;
the Word of God wherein
God has revealed Himself to us.
By searching we could not find
out God; what we cannot find for
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251i atneb ?
Are you ashamed to own Him;
Jesus who died for you;
Won't you witness to the lost ones
That they may know Him too?
Think of all the blessings
That you receive from Him;
Aren't they worth your effort,
Another soul to win?
Oh, there is joy in service,
When you surrender all;
When your life is completely ready
To obey the Master's call.
—Arvy Hansen.
dear boss
im happy to see that you finally
got on the ball boss and asked for
letters to the editor its about time
ive heard people ask you could
they please write the aforesaid let-ters
and what did you do
you gave them the cold and fishy
say boss christmas is coming i
dont want anything for myself you
know how i am that way but there
are all sorts of things id like to
see others get this year
id like to see about fifty deserv-ing
students get all those unused
seats in the front of the chapel
every day
id like to see whoever took the
bit of pie crust out of my crumb
box get scarlet fever i was saving
it for christmas dinner
i dont know exactly what buck
garvey wants this year but i un-derstand
that when he was wan-dering
around at wards he squeez-ed
a doll and it cried mama a lit-tle
later he squeezed another doll
and it screamed floorwalker does
that mean he was doing his christ-mas
shopping early
santa claus can give dale lind-berg
an extra math book so that
he can while away his spare time
Chapel Quotes
Chapel services began the win-ter
quarter with a message from
Dean C. E. Carlson and centered
in a series of talks by Prof. A.
Olson.
To constantly yield and con-stantly
obey God and His Word is
the secret of the Spirit-filled life.
—A. Olson
To make any progress spiritual-ly
it- is necessary to realize my
own inefficiency.
—A. Olson.
Idolatry is anything that has a
more formative influence in your
life than Jesus Christ.
—C. E. Carlson.
Dr. Scoffield said, "To live the
abundant life is to have known
sin unconfessed."
—A. Olson.
I think this is a sample of a
Spirit-filled life: to confess our
sins, to clear up as we go along.
A. Olson.
A lazy Christian will never be a
Spirit-filled Christian.
—A. Olson.
When Christian people cease to
watch and pray, we can be sure
they will cease to live' the Spirit-filled
life.
—A. Olson.
My idea of the Spirit-filled life
is very simple and it is this: no
matter how near we come to the
Lord we try to get a little nearer,
Climb higher, higher, higher.
A. Olson.
With God's Word in our hearts
we will be able to answer any who
will ask us a question concerning
Him.
—Tom Coleman.
That the new quarter added
some twelve new students to the
Bethel family, the formal intro-duction
being made at the first
Chapel Session of the quarter.
doing those problems he loves so
well
the main thing id like to see
britton get is out of your office
incidentally does that guy live on
a street car commuting between
here and minneapolis
santa, can give the whole school
a break and put up about six new
and interesting notices on the bul-letin
board every day to alleviate
the boredom of those who stand
and stare at the same old announ-cements
just after second period
it would give them an excuse for
blocking the hall
morry engstrom wants the latest
joe miller book his corn crib needs
a refill
i was racking my brain over the
problem of a christmas gift for you
until the solution presented itself
in the form of, a moult this time i
will forego the pleasure of eating
my old skin and let you have it
youll find it tastes best with a
little salt on it
well boss a merry chriStmas
happy new year a glorious fourth
of July and a sumptuous thanksgiv-ing
to you
archie the cockroach
Editor Asks For
Your Letters
Do you have something to get
off your chest? Do you know of
some situation that should be cor-rected
or, conversely, something
that should be publicly praised? If
you have any such ideas, we have
just the place to unload, in a let-ter
to the editor.
This is almost a no-holds-barred
proposition. If you so request we
won't even publish _your name, al-though
no letter will be consider-ed
unless it is signed. A receptacle
will be provided for your use and
only the editor will ever know
your name.
Obviously, only. constructive ma-terial
can be published. The editor
also has to consider the laws of
libel, so stay within the limits of
decency. There is no limit in the
direction of praise.
If you have any constructive
criticism of the Clarion we will
welcome that as well. We realize
that our paper is far from per-fect,
but with your help we can
improve it.
With your help we can keep a
finger on Bethel's pulse.
Chapel Is
Well Attended
Have you ever noticed during
chapel that except for a few seats
in the front of the room, all the
- seats are filled? If those who
stand in the back took these front
seats, the chapel would be full.
This is a fine example of the spirit
at Bethel.
Although we are expected to go
to chapel there is no strict rule
which compels us to be there. This
is the first year that attendance
has not been taken or certain
seats have not been assigned. Corn-ing
to chapel is left up to each in-dividual
_ and the Bethel students
are putting forth their effort to
co-operate.
There are reports that some
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n the Carpet
By President Wingblade
The wonder of all the wonders
of the years is the paradox of the
Christ. From the heart of God and
from the courts of glory He came
to be born as a child.
A suborbinate wonder and a neg-ative
wonder was that, though He
came to His own, His own receiv-ed
Him not. The world was made
by Him and yet this world knew
Him not. How strange!
But then comes the positive with
climactic impress: But as many as
received Him to them gave He
power to become the sons of God
—even to them who believe on
His name.
'Mary believed the Word from
arch-angel lips— and Christ was
born. You and I believe the Word
today and Christ is born in us.
There are then two outstanding
wonders: the wonder of the incar-nation
and the wonder of the new
birth. Both are beyond the ken of
man to grasp or explain.
Jesus said to Nicodemus: "The
wind bloweth where it listeth. We
hear the sound thereof, but know
not whence it cometh nor whither
it goeth. So is everyone who is
born of the Spirit."
Here we have mystery. No one
can explain the event. Here we
have mastery. There is liberty and
power and victory over sin. Here
we have manifestation. Men hear
the sound, and see the demonstra-tion
of that mystic reality that has
taken place deep in the heart of
the believing man.
The man had drifted—colorless,
directionless, purposeless, power-less.
Then Jesus came. Life flash-ed
into new meaning with a. new
light, new purpose, new power—
"for a 1 1 is changed when Jesus
comes to stay."
That is what the Christ of
Christmas would mean to every
human heart. He would be born
anew in each life and demonstrate
to all His beauty and His power.
May that truly be the rich ex-perience
of each and all of us.
"Christ in you the hope of glory."
Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year—to all Bethel.
The Clarion
Published Twice a Month By
BETHEL COLLEGE AND SEMINARY, ST. PAUL, MINN.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
EDITORIAL POLICY: To maintain and promote the Christian
principles of Bethel; to promote scholarship; to foster
more school spirit; to establish a better understanding
among the :indents.
Editor Gordon Krantz
Ass't. Editor Charles Germany
News E. W. J. Avey, Ed.; Burgeson, Sheffler, Mar-tinson,
Rosenquist, Germany, M. Lindstedt, Olson, Ba-vin.
Features A. Carlson, Ed.; Rosenquist, H. Anderson,
Martinson, A. Hansen, Raub, M. Lindstedt, archie
Sports Ellison, Ed.; Hagen, H. Peterson, Goodrich,
E. Johnson, Dahl
Religious Editor Ruth Bridges
Circulations Manager Emmet Johnson
Business Manager Bud Peterson
Typists Schultz, Christiansen, Ward, Bavin, A. Carlson
Faculty Advisor LaVone Berthel
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THE CLARION Page 3
AS ROSY
SEES IT
By Rosenquist
Who says the Americans have
all the brains? Perhaps you have
heard of the tests going on at
White Sands, New Mexico with
German-made rockets. The start-ling
fact that has been overlooked
is that we not only brought back
the German inventions, but also
the inventors!
Yes, they are living in the States
as Alien Civilian Employees of the
Government. They receive nom-inal
pay which is sent to their
families in Germany plus subsis-tence
for themselves.
Rocket planes, jet heliocopters,
ribbon parachutes and V-2s are on-ly
some of the subjects on which
these men have saved U. S. an
estimated 10 billion dollars in re-search.
It's a wonder some of the GI's
at Bethel that were stationed in
Germany didn't bring back some
fellows to do their Zoology and
Algebra for them' ttn
* *
With the approaching of Christ-mas,
Gault MacGowan's report
from Paris is timely. Although
there has been a steady improve-m
e n t in conditions the past
months, you can still go for many
blocks and never see a shop win-dow
intent on drawing the Christ-mas
shopper. Restrictions and reg-ulations
are still too numerous to
make gifts easy to buy, in fact,
you even have to use government
tickets to have your shoes repair-ed.
Of course there are plenty res-taurants
'beckoning Christmas
guests, but Gault MacGowan pre-
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We herewith publish the un-censored
account of a stranger's
visit to the Clarion office.
The time has come when some-thing
should be said about the
most outstanding office in the
school, namely the hole next to the
chapel. 'There budding geniuses
mingle with hopeless morons.
There the intelligentsia of the
school rub elbows with the mor-ons.
Let us take a personally conduc-ted
tour of the place.
You enter at the hallway en-trance
where you pay your fifty
cents to Herr Editor. You notice
two neat desks and two cleared
tables with several chairs neatly
lined up beside it in order. As you
enter you collide with a huge pole
with a sign reading:
test your eyesight
On the ceiling is a small note.
People who are unusually curious
have to remove the vole and then
replace it again.
Over on the Spire desk is a tele-scope
aimed at the girls' dorm. I
wander aimlessly over to it while
Spire Staff
Begins Work
The 1947 Spire, Bethel's year-book
will set two precendents.
The annual will be the largest ever
published by the school and a total
of 1000 copies will be printed, an
increase of 300 over last year. The
yearbook will increase 50 per cent
in size over last years book. It
will contain more pictures, will be
more informal and will have a
more complete coverage of school
activities and student life.
Maynard Johnson is the editor;
Nettie Castle, assistant editor;
Marjorie Erickson, s e c r e tar y;
Warren Palmquist, art editor. By-ron
Skalmon, who has done pro-fessional
work in the Navy, will
act as photographer with Herb El-lison
as sports editor. Professor
Maurice Lawson is this years fac-ulty
advisor.
Contracts with the publishers
and cover company are in the fi-nal
phase. The contracts are being
made with the Color Press of
Brainerd and the Shelby Craftea
Company of Chicago.
The annual is expected to be in
the hands of the students before
the close of the school year and
will not go into debt.
All sophomore pictures were tak-en
shortly before Christmas vaca-tion.
One of the biggest difficulties
in publishing this years Spire was
the difficulty of procuring office
space The faculty committee how-evei
has promised the staff a divi-sion
of the Clarion office.
two fellows are staring out of it.
"See anything interesting?"
"Yeah, take a look-2c a peek.
We gotta pay for the Clarion some
way."
I pay my car chip, and get three
slugs in change. Then I look eag-erly
out the window. It is aimed
at students walking back from
lunch. Some of them are mum-bling
to themselves. One couple
is talking seriously together.
"What are they saying?" I ask.
The two business men stiffen to
a dignified heigh.t "Our lip-read-ing
service is available for an ad-d
itional fee of 25c."
My three slugs jingle desolately
in my pocket. I walk away quickly
and nearly trip over Clarence Brit-ton
sleeping in. an arm chair. How
he can sleep is beyond me, for in
one corner Chuck Germany is
stuffing a screaming girl reporter
into a furniture box.
Two anemic looking specimens
are typing furiously in front of the
window. They smile as I greet
them, but continue typing at the
same rapid rate.
Bethel Apts.
Almost Complete
The construction on the second
and third floors of the Married
Couples Apartment is nearing the
final stages.
Malmsten comments that the
contractor has not fulfilled previ-ous
promises regarding the com-pletion
of the apartment but he
feels reasonably sure that the two
top floors should be completed by
the time the students come back
from the Christmas vacation. He
also states that the bathroom fix-tures
have been delivered and are
available but are just waiting to be
installed.
An investigation of the building
reveals that the bathrooms are
now receiving coats of green or
buff paint and a flooring of com-position
tile. The built-in beds are
also being installed, but the doors
for them are not available as yet.
Carpenters are in the last stages
of installing doors and the flooring
for the apartments.
Alexis Meets
"Christmas in Other Lands" was
the theme of the Alexis Christmas
program on December 17. Carl Ol-son,
Reuben Dahl, Kenneth Sam-uelson
and Roland Miller spoke on
Alska, Germany, Philippines anu
England respectively. Special mu-sic
was presented by Carol Land-berg,
a trombone trio and a male
quartet.
A fellowship hour followed the
program.
=Why so fast?"
"We must. We volunteered for
service in September and have
been kept at work ever since. If
we don't keep up this rate, we'll
get the whip." The editor pulls
out his bullwhip and snaps it
menacingly. The girls type faster.
Then one asks, "Have you seen
my brother recently? He goes
here, I think. He started when I
did."
The other bursts in, "What's
happening in the outside world?
Any bad strikes or accidents?"
I answer their questions and
hurry away as the editor snaps his
whip at me. On the editor's desk
I notice a small box of crumbs.
archie's. I quietly retrieve a choice
piece of cake.
Then, as my half hour is up, I
dash for the door. The editor un-does
the secret lock, opens the
heavy door with a screech, and I
walk up the 13 steps into the
fresh, clear daylight. My visit is
over. I can sympathize with the
people who put out the paper. I
was there.
Only 10 percent
Make B Average
Bethel students received their
grades for the Fall Quarter last
Fridiy afternoon. The Dean's Of-fice
on releasing the grades, also
issued the following statement to
The Clarion:
The grades reported for the Fall
Quarter indicate that we have on
cur Bethel Campus a group of very
capable students. In the Fall
Quarter's work of this year, thirty-eight
students achieved a "B"
average in twelve credit hours or
more. The following are listed as
being Honor Students in the
Dean's Office:
Anderson, Earl Kenneth
Anderson, Gilbert Warren
Anderson, Lester B.
Anderson, Ruth Elayne (Mrs.)
Anderson, Vernon D.
Avey, Edward W. J.
Berg, George M.
Brown, Alastair W.
Carlson, Audrey Iola
Carlson, Gladys Ethel
Christenson, Harold L.
Coleman, Thomas P.
Dahl, Delmar De Lloyd
Decker, Donald F.
Edman, June Evangeline
Ekstrom, Ruth L.
Francisco, Paul H.
Forsman, Rudolph W.
Johnson, George W.
Johnson, Maynard P.
Krantz, Gordon C.
Laven, Violet
Lindstedt, L. Marwin
Lindstedt, Olof D.
Malm, Marjorie J.
Martinson, Grace D.
Nelson, Catherine L.
Norstrom, Marjorie C.
Peterson, Irma E.
Peterson, Ruth M.
Reasoner, Rollin S.
Renstrom, Edna Mae
Rutan, Bertram Harvey
Rutan, Martha Ellen
Schubring, James E.
Skov, Kenneth Dorian
Tweedy, Newton Monroe
Westlund, Elaine D.
Choruses Make
Appearances
Members of last year's Girls'
Chorus presented their second
concert of the season at Cokato,
Minnesota on December 11. It will
be recalled • that they sang two
weeks previously at River Falls.
Wisconsin. Also on the program
were Carol Landberg, who ren -
dered several violin selections, and
the trombone trio composed of
Starr, Lindstedt, and Olson which
played two numbers.
A good crowd turned out for the
concert, and the girls were served
a delicious lunch afterwards.
The Men's Chorus made its first
out of school appearance at the
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UNCENSORED ACCOUNT
Vaal lamed 0
Students Receive Quarter Grades
Page 4 THE CLARION
Bodine Dorm
Is Very Active
Latest fad in the dorm is jumping
rope. Several third floor girls,
Enid Bruce, Carol Bergsten, Elea-nor
Nelson a n d Marlys Carlson
jump rope regularly at 10 or 10:30
every evening. Has it improved
your figures girls? •
Second floor has been busy too.
It took at least ten girls to give
Marvel Zimmerman a bathtub par-ty
and then no one could find out
what it was for. Ruth Shold got
soaked too, but it was legit—it
was her birthday.
Nettie Castle and her terrorists.
the "Second Floor Stinkers," went
round with pitchers of water one
night but everyone was awake, so
their little trick didn't work. It is
strongly suspected, however, that
they had something to do with the
"stranger" i n Vangie Rendahl's
bed and the suit case beside it.
That dummy sure looked real.
The other night Jeanette An-derson
and Virginia Moody walked
in the front door in their house-coats.
They said that they were
pushed out of a window, but who
would do a thing like that?
ND one has yet taken advan-tage
of the mistletoe in the dorm
hall. Is it because no one stands
under it, or are all the fellows
bashful? They are Bethel fellows,
aren't they?
A Christmas party was given by
the Minnesota girls for the resi-dents
of Bodine hall the evening
of December 16. Each girl bought
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Bethlehem Holds
Bethel Day
Bethel Day at Bethlehem Church
in Minneapolis attracted many of
the students last Sunday. There
were several services held during
the course of the day, Pastor A.
Sjolund led the morning service
which was followed by an im-promptu
singspiration led by Phil
Johnson before dinner.
After dinner, Magician, George
Taylor entertained the group and
led a novel song and testimony
service in which each was given
the opportunity of volunteering a
friend's name for a special num-ber.
At the evening service, Fern
and Bob Nelson offered the special
music and Carl Olson brought the
message.
Ex-Bethelite
Is Ordained
Warren Magnuson, who was
graduated from Bethel Seminary
last year, was ordained at the
Bethlehem Baptist Church on De-cember
12. Dr. Karison gave the
ordination sermon and Adolph 01-
son "charged" the candidate. The
dedicatory prayer was offered by
Dr. Wingblade.
Rev. Magnuson has been the pas-tor
of the Emanuel Baptist Church
CHAPEL
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Christian colleges which have com-pulsory
chapel attendance are find-ing
it difficult to enforce this rule.
The students are rebelling and re-fusing
to go.
Although the chapel sessions are
a tradition at Bethel, that is not
the main reason for having them.
A few minutes of spiritual guid-ance
during the day is a necessity
of Christian Students. This time
of inspiration lends new fervor to
press forward.
The attention paid to the speak-er
by the students is to be praised:
Whether the speaker is a guest or
one of our own professors, our at-tention
is an asset. The enthusi-astic
singing of the students shows
their interest in the chapel hour.
Apparently, Bethel students will
continue coming to chapel without
being regimented. We give them
praise where praise is due.
in St. Paul for the past three
years. He will be leavirig the
cities shortly to take a pastorate
in Ludington, Michigan.
Three More Are
Dedicated For
Foreign Service
Yet further links in the chain
that binds Bethel to the Mission
Field were forged on Thursday,
December 5th when three n e w
candidates were dedicated for for-eign
service. The new missionar-ies
are Mr. and Mrs. Dana Larson,
at present attending the Seminary,
and Miss Dorothy Drotz, former
student.
In introducing the candidates at
the Dedication Service at Bethany
Baptist Church, St. Paul, the Rev.
J. 0. Backlund declared that Beth-el
was in the very forefront of
the General Conference Mission
program. The number of Bethel
missionaries then totalled almost
o n e hundred a n d including all
those who had declared their in-tention
to devote their lives to
that work the number would be
far in excess of one hundred.
Edgren Hall Is
Lively Scene
The lounge in the Men's Dorm
is now completed and there only
remains the furnishing of it. It
was learned that the rug and the
piano are already delivered but
there seems to be some doubt as
to the availability of armchairs,
couches, and tables.
The fellows have found that it
pays to get a key to their rooms.
Apparently the novelty of climbing
in through the window has worn
off. It has also been noted that
the ladder has also vanished.
Clyde Brown finally made his
long announced car deal, His big
La Salle has now been replaced
by a Ford coupe which serves his
purposes just as well, he claims.
The question now is to find some-one
with a big enough car to take
Clyde's place on Saturday and Sun-day
nights.
The boys had their Christmas
party last Wednesday night in the
gym. It was a stag affair and fea-tured
games, gifts, and refresh-ments.
Dorm talent was used as
much as possible and as the key-note
of the evening was its infor-mality,
an enjoyable time was
spent.
There will be a few fellows
spending the holiday at the dorm.
In order to stave off the inevitable
lack of things to do, they are now
planning ahead and hope by their
combined efforts to have a good
time anyway.
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Everything's quiet for once.
Maybe now I'll get some sleep. . .
What's that out in the hall?
Someone's out there. I can hear
their stealthy footsteps. They're
just outside my door. No, that's
just my imagination. But it sure
is dark in this room; even with
the moon shining through the win-dow.
I think I forgot to lock the
door. They're turning the knob.
What should I do? Oh why didn't
I lock the door?
The door's coming open now. I
can see it. Slowly—inch by inch.
Why don't they open it all at once.
If I could only get up and close
it—but I'm afraid.
They're coming close my
eyes. I can hear them coming
closer and closer to my bed. They-
're picking one up and carrying me
away. Why doesn't my roomate
wake up? I wish I could scream,
or fight, but I can't—I can't even
open my eyes. What are they go-ing
to do to me?
Why, it's bright daylight—I was
just dreaming. But wait, they're
still carrying me. Oh no you don't.
kids. Wow! is that water ever
cold. Just you wait, kids, you'll be
sorry you threw me in the bathtub
when I wanted to sleep—even if
it is my birthday!
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I came home from the city the other day bedraggled and worn,
took off my football padding, mopped my forehead and prepared for
bed. There were furrows on my brow and bruises on my elbows. It
was worth it, however. I had finally completed my Christmas shopping.
There were hours of fitful tossing before I fell into a troubled sleep.
But with sleep there was peace and a beautiful dream of how things
"could have been."
It was the twentieth of December and I was at the North Pole in
the beautiful palace of St. Nicholas. There were gifts of every descrip-tion
strewn all around me. I had only to think of a person, and im-mediately
an appropriate gift for him would appear.
There were so many people from school for whom I wanted to buy
gifts that it was difficult to decide where to begin my list. Of course, I
thought first of the person nearest my heart, our floor monitor. For
her Santa produced a beautiful pair of eyeglasses shaped to fit key-holes.
For Eulah Jane Weaver there was a record of "One Meatball,"
and for Gladys (H. B.) Carlson there was a pair of Lyle stockings.
When I looked at my fingers, still faintly tinted with finger-printing
ink, I knew that there must be a special gift for Byron Skalman. Ah,
yes, that would be a darkroom to be used in developing his outside in-terests.
For Don Goldsmith there was a package of scented bubble bath,
and for Gloria Anderson a lifetime guaranteed-Cheerio machine_ A box
of D. D. T. was being daintily wrapped. This I learned was for that para-site
of the Clarion office, Archie. For the school nurse there was a
record of "June is Budding Out All Over," and for her friend, Bud
Weber, there was a Vick's vaporizer. Another illustrious couple on
campus received a Chinese Checker game with which to spend their
Saturday nights. Santa was really alert to the needs of Bethelites.
There was a tremendods asbestos suit hanging on the wall. "That's for
the person who makes the toast at school in the mornings," Santa said
(Hope she won't get burned up about this.) Some of the other articles
were: a datebook for Calvin Lundberg, a hatbox for Koke"s elaborate
array of headgear, a mustache cup for Bert Anderson, gunpowder for
Cleo Fisher's bangs, a potted sunflower plant for Joyce Johnson, and a
Toni permanent wave set for Ken Greenman. Some other imaginative
gifts included a telescope for the third floor observation tower in the
girl's dorm and a custom-made kid glove for the hand Mox Lindstedt
keeps out of his poc!;et. For Mr. Nordstrom there was a smudge pct
fur use in heating the Chem. Lab. (Someone had suggested that it
would be more effective than two bunsen burners), and for "'qrs.
Kroening of the cafeteria there was a complex device which helped to
accurately count out six stewed cherries.
After Santa and I had tossed these, and many other, gifts into his
bag, we set out in his 1946 Buick Convertible for the picturesque Bethel
campus. We obtained permission from Mrs. Lawson and Mr. Myers
to enter the dormitories to distribute them and spent the next morn-ing
watching everyone open their parcels with exclamations of delight
and joy.
But this bliss was too much for me—too heavenly. The alarm clock
jangled, and I leaped out of bed. Strewn around me were the dozens
of neckties and handerchiefs which I had labored so hard to purchase.
They will have to suffice. I guess our dreams are too extravagant.
THE CLARION Page 5•
Gulbrantson Is
Featured on
Missionary Band
The regular monthly Missionary
Band meeting held in the College
Chapel last Friday night featured
the long-time missionary to the
Philippines, Rev. Gulbrantson. The
program, which was led by Roy
Nelson, included several numbers
by the male quartet of Stearns,
Starr, Larson, and Schwartz, and
a novel trumpet solo by Bob Nel-son
who accompanied himself on
the accordion.
Rev. Gulbrantson related many
interesting experiences in connec-tion
with his work among the
fierce, warlike Moros on Mindanao.
He also gave a vivid picture of
conditions in that part of the wor-ld
and the great need for both
spiritual as well as physical things.
His observations on the spread of
Mohammedanism were of special
interest.
When the School assembled
for the first Chapel period of
the Winter Quarter they heard
from Dean C. E. Carlson that
the four-year college is o n e
step nearer reality. The Dean
announced that the General
Conference h a d approved t h e
scheme at their Board meeting
in St. Paul during the previous
week, to be adopted as and
when circumstances permi t,
and asked prayers for school
planning.
"It is a matter that affects
students' careers as much as it
affects the faculty," commented
the Dean. "There appears to e
a real place for a liberal-arts
school of that kind here."
EDMAN
(continued from page 2)
ourselves He deigns to give us in
his word.
Then there is the Return of
Christ, which is the program of
God for the amelioration and cor-rection
of the world's evils. Then
will be brought to pass prophecy,
"And he shall judge among many
nations, and shall rebuke many
people: and they shall beat their
swords into plowshares, and their
spears into pruninghooks: nation
shall not lift up sword against na-tion,
neither shall they learn war
any more." (Isaiah 2:4) Every
aspect of one's outlook on life is
altered by his understanding of the
program of God and the coming
again of the Lord Jesus.
These are the basic three It s
of my Christian faith.
V. Raymond Edman,
President, Wheaton College
Bethel Defeated
By Sioux Falls
Bethel Indians lost to a slightly
taller Sioux Falls College
team in an overtime contest, by
the score of 49 to 45. This non-conference
game on December 7th
opened a 4-day trip on which coach
Edwards took 12 men.
The Indians jumped into a quick
lead and were ahead 11 to 4 at
the end of the first quarter. They
maintained a lead until midway in
the fourth quarter when Disching-er
fouled out. With ten seconds to
go Sioux Falls was leading 39 to
37 when Sandin sank a long one-handed
shot to send the game into
the extra period.
Peterson, Sioux Falls guard,
scored 22 points to head the scor-ing
column. Sandin pared his team
with 12 counters. For Bethel this
was the first game on a large floor
and many of the men played their
first college ball. Dischinger look-ed
good on rebounds and played
an excellent floor game. In the
free throw department, the Sioux
team made 13 out of 28 while
Bethel scored 9 in 25 attempts.
Bethel FG FT F Pts.
E. Johnson 3 2 2 8
Hamlin 1 1 2 3
Skoog 0 0 0
Sandberg 0 1 2 1
Benson 4 0 4 8
Dischinger 2 0 5
Borgeson 1 1 2 3
Greenman 2 2 4 6
Sandin 5 2 2 IZ
Starr 0 0 0 0
Taylor 0 0 1 0
— —
9 24
45
16 29 39 45
15 25 39 49
B.W.A. Theme
Is Christmas
Christmas was the theme of the
B. W. A. program on Thursday
afternoon, December 12. The pro-gram,
led by Joyce Johnson, be-gan
with scripture reading and
prayer. Special musical numbers
were given by Katherine Meyers,
who sang "0 Holy Night," Cather-ine
Nelson, who sang "Hail to the
Lord's Annointed," and a trio, Eve-lyn
Sundberg, Joyce Johnson, and
Helen Holle, who sang "We Have
Seen His Star." Most of the af-ternoon
was spent in singing
Christmas carols about verses of
the Christmas story.
Lunch was served before the
program, while Christmas carols
were played by Carol Landberg on
her violin. Decorations were in
the theme of Christmas music.
Indians Take
Bluejays 58-50
Coach Paul Edwards' cagers de-feated
the Worthington Bluejays,
December 9, at Worthington High
School auditorium by a score of
58-50.
According to Coach Edwards—
"The team played the finest ball
in the second half of the game of
the whole three-match trip, even
though the Bluejay's had a 2 to 3
inch height advantage over the In-dians."
Ken Greenman was high point
man, bucketing a total of 17 points.
Benson followed with 16 points.
Coome paced the Bluejays scoring
10 points with Bothwell adding 9.
The score at the half was 27-22,
with the Bluejays leading. At the
end of the third quarter the game
was tied, 38-38. Benson and Green-man
racked up a total of 15 points
between them in the final frame,
ruling the game in Bethel's favor.
Bethel FG FT 1P
Johnson 2 1 5
Benson 8 0 16
Dischinger 2 2 6
Greenman 7 3 17
Sandin 1 2 4
Sandberg 0 0 0
Hamlin 4 0 8
25 8 58
3 Bethelites
on Sicklist
If you notice a ghost-like figure
wandering around the campus
there is no need to become alarm-ed.
It is Eric with his head swath-ed
in bandages as the result of the
burns he sustained in an accident
with the Girls' Dormitory boiler
on Saturday, December 7th. He
was called to investigate the cause
of a cloud of smoke that was is-suing
from the oil heater and in
the course of his duty was badly
Indian Cagers
Subdue Tracy J.C.
Defeating Tracy J. C. on Decem-ber
10, Paul Edwards' Indians scor-ed
their second consecutive South-ern
Minnesota Junior College Con-ference
basketball triumph.
With the score at the half tied
at 23 to 23—the Indians, paced by
Ken Greenman's sharpshooting and
Dischinger's determined play at
center position, broke the tie and
opened up in the final quarter to
make a very decisive win over
Tracy by a score of 58-42.
In summing up the game, Coach
Edwards said, "The usually con-sistent,
determined play of Dis-chinger
spelled the difference be-tween
victory and defeat for the
Indians."
Greenman was high point man
with 18 points, Benson was next
with 8.
Bethel FG FT PF Pts.
E. Johnson 3 0 1 6
Sandberg 0 0 2 0
Skoog 0 0 0 0
Benson 4 0 0 8
Hamlin 1 0 0 2
R. Johnson 1 2 0 4
Dischinger 0 2 1 2
Borgeson 0 0 1 0
Greenman 7 4 1 18
Taylor 0 0 1 0
Sandin 3 0 2 6
Starr 2 0 0 4
Totals - 21 8 8 50
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THE CLARION
Action From
Other Schools
Macalester students are making
effective moves toward a more
democratic system in their college.
Mac students who were dissatis-fied
with school policies, lead by
the Republican club, listed their
grievences together with proposed
improvements and submitted them
to the student body in the form of
a questionaire. The results dis-closed
a sizable majority in favor
of the five changes suggested.
These changes included a chance
for students to grade professors,
a change in chapel attendance
regulations, nominations for the
homecoming queen from the stu-dent
body, publishing of communi-ty
council minutes and a new poli-cy
i n registration, with upper
classman registering first.
Students had a chance to voice
their opinions on these campus af-fairs
at a town meeting. Members
of the faculty and representatives
from the school organizations
formed a panel to discuss the ques-tions
brought up by the student
body.
SHOPPING
(Continued from page 1)
ing each shopper to come in and
spend his money. Strangely, they
always forget to put the price tag
on the most expensive items.
However, entering the store is
another matter. Having had ex-perience
as a football fullback usu-ally
helps. First of all, you peer
over the crowd watching for a
weak spot, and when you find it,
then start running. Keep going
until you get inside—but then stop
because if you don't you're sure
to bump into a counter, clerk, or
co-shopper.
After roaming around all the
counters on the first floor, finally,
something takes your eye. Timidly
you ask the price — what a let
down. How can you buy a dozen
presents, when you can't even af-ford
to buy one at that price?
The first floor turns out to be
pretty discouraging, but there're
still more floors. Because the es-calators
are in the most prominent
place, everyone attempts to ride
on them. Realizing there's no room
on them, you look for the eleva-tors.
Somehow or other they all
manage to be full too. Perhaps
the best way to go is via the stairs.
Since most of the people seem
to be stopping off on the sixth
floor, something interesting must
be there. Investigating, you find
Toyland with Santa Claus and his
reindeers. A little farther inside
are the electric train and the elec-tric
cars to ride in.
On the way down you stop off
on each successive floor to look for
gifts.
After going through all these
floors, you're plenty thirsty so you
start for the dime store lunch
counter, and there you make your
one and only purchase of the day
—a coke.
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Question: What do you plan to
do during the Christmas vacation?
Neal Floberg: Study.
Shirley Burnett: Go home to
see the (Don) Hall of Fame.
Maurice Paulson: Go home and
impart the knowledge received
here to the folks in my home
church in one brief sermon.
Alabama Lovegren: I'm going
Home to renew my southern ac-cent.
Charles Roub: Try to recruit a
new pupil for Bethel.
Frances Smith : Going home to
Omaha to collect my pay from the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
Kenneth DeJong: Spend a
quiet two weeks at home catching
up on much needed rest.
Bud Weber: Going home for
Christmas but will leave for Den-ver
Colo., the 28th to attend a com-mittee
meeting to discuss forming
ROSY
(Continued from page 3)
dicts that the diners will be lucky
to have enough "Francs" for taxi
fare home!
4, *
Another slant on the Christmas
spirit was that of a former Sing-
Sing convict, now a owner of a
furniture factor y, who offered
some deserving veteran a 1Y2
room apartment with everything
including fireplace, several thou-sand
dollar's worth of furniture, a
completely stocked pantry, and the
first month's rent free. He's even
including a Christmas tree fully
decorated to make it a complete
Christmas.
•
If you listen to Frank Sinatra's
radio program you will not have
to worry about screams, squeals or
swooning from the audience. Why?
The answer is in a "noble experi-ment"
excluding all persons under
the age of twenty one from his
broadcast, especially "bobby-sox-ers"
who persist in interrupting
his singing.
What I'm concerned with is
when will they try excluding some
of r a d i o' s "earhurting" commer-cials!!!
SICK—(Continued)
burned in the face. He was taken
for treatment to Mounds Hospital
and detained for a few days.
Flowers were sent by the second
year German class to Miss Nelson,
who was admitted to Midway Hos-pital,
for an operation last week-end.
Bud Peterson is making satis-factory
progress following an op-eration
for appendicitus in his
home town on Friday, November
13th.
( BOD I NE—Continued)
a gift for the exchange grab bag.
Games, led by Edna Renstrom,
were followed by a candlelight de-votional
program of which Marjo-rie
Nelson was in charge. A com-mittee
headed by Mavis McRey-nolds
served refreshments.
an ex-G.I. missionary board and
make plans for a national G.I.
Gospel Hour reunion.
June Edman: I might go along.
Ed Stayton: Stay here and work
part of the time. Don't know what
I'll do the rest of the time.
John Soneson : Go home and re-new
old acquaintances; Go ski-ing.
Gordon Krantz: Stay in St.
Paul and carve an occasional car-cass
at Ancker Hospital.
Elaine Westlund: Going home
to Atwater. My parents just mov-ed
to a new home which is incom-plete
so I'll be kept busy.
Eunice Engstrom: I'm going
home!!-- --
June Lundquist: Going home,
work at Fields during the day and
stay out till two o'clock every
morning — showing Inky Johnson
the "Windy City."
CHORUSES
(Continued from page 3)
Men's Fellowship banquet at the
First Baptist Church of Minneap-olis
on Dec. 10. One of the high-lights
of the evening was the de-licious
turkey dinner served to
everyone.
Also on the program were Bill
Lindroth with "Junior," and the
trombone trio of Starr, Linstedt
and Olson. The varied program,
including well-known hymns and
the spiritual "Pick Up Yo Feet,
Don't Shuffle Along" were well re-ceived
by the appreciative audi-ence.
HAVE YOU HEARD
(Continued from page 1)
The school, therefore, will be re-lieved
to know that at last one
member of the faculty has a
Christmas date.
That Secret Place for the next
quarter contains a devotion con-tributed
by a Bethel student, E.
W. J. Avey.
That scores ranging from 118
down to five were recorded by the
Modern World- History class at the
recent examination.
That on being asked who went
out from Egypt with the Children
of Israel at the exodus, one stu-dent
of the Bible Outline class
gave Joseph's Mummy as the ans-wer.
That the highly noticeable odor
in Melvin Peterson's and Donald
Nepstad's room in the men's dor-mitory
has been attributed to a
very dead rat. The difficulty of
finding the creature's location has
been obviated by leaving the win-dows
open.
That the little gray cat slept
through Mr. Lawson's English Lit-erature
class on Edna Anderson's
lap.
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What and When
In Near Future
School
Jan. 6 Classes resume 8:00 A.M.
Jan. 10 Basketball, Bethany here
Jan. 10 Missionary Band
Jan. 11 Basketball, Waldorf here
Jan. 14 Alexis
Jan. 17 BWA
Jan. 18 Basketball, Tracy here
Jan. 24-26 Sophomore retreat
Churches
Dec. 22 Roy Steele, chalk artist,
Temple Baptist Church
Dec. 22 Story of Christmas, 4:00
P.M., First Baptist Church, Min-neapolis
Dec. 22 Christmas program, Lake
Park Baptist Church
Dec. 22 Christmas Cantata, Beth-any
Baptist Church
Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Candle-light
Service, Temple Baptist
Church
Mpls. Symphony Concerts
Dec. 20 Yves Chardon, conductor
Dec. 27 Special Holiday party
program
Jan. 3 Tossy Spivakovsky, vio-linist
Jan. 10 Louis Krasner, violinist
Jan. 17 Leonard Pennario, pianist
Former Finlander
Comes to Bethel
With the beginning of the new
quarter we had several new stu-dents
among which was a mission-ary
from Burma and Northern In-dia,
Walter Eerola.
His home is Finland but he has
been at the Finnish Salem Mission
for the last 10 years. During the
previous war he was an officer in
the British Welfare Service and
also acting chaplain with the Brit-ish
and American Forces up until
the early part of 1946.
After his release he returned to
the mission work with Reverend
Tegenfeldt in North Burma. An
interesting fact - is that they were
the first two protestant mission-aries
to return to this field after
the Japanese occupation.
He is in the United States on a
furlough at which time he plans
to become an American citizen.
Walter came to Bethel because
he had heard that it was a good
Christian school. After his stay
here he plans to return to Burma.
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The Clarion
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Vol. XXVI — No. 6 Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. December 20, 1946
411-Seitoal paid, wi.a.
OrHM
Bethel gets
tA Vacation
Tonight an all-school Christmas
party, promising special music,
and a reading besides an address
by President Wingblade, will be
held in the college chapel with a
smorgasbord immediately follow-ing.
Beginning at 4 o'clock, the pro-gram
will get underway with the
singing of Christmas carols. Speci-al
music, provided by the Bethel
music department, will include vio-lin
solos by Mrs. Edwin Omark;
Neidlinger's The Birthday of a
King, sung by Bernadette Thure-son;
and two numbers by the
Bethel Girls' Chorus, No Candle
Was There and No Fire and Voi-ces
Out of the Sky. Marilyn Wall-berg
will sing a sophrano solo.
President Wingblade will deliver
a short Christmas message and
Mrs. Wyman Malmsten will give
The Night Before Christmas as a
reading. T h e Swedish smorgos-bord
will be held in the dining
room of the girls' dormitory and
will follow President Wingblade's
address.
Today we lay our books on the
shelf and beside them we place
all our concern about assignments
and quiz periods. We are leaving,
most of us, to go to our homes to
enjoy a period of genuine indo-lence.
To each one of us, Christmas
vacation will mean essentially the
same thing — a time of freedom
from class room assignment and
a reunion with loved ones around
the Christmas tree. During the
past couple of days, spring fever
has put on its winter garb, and
we have been preparing ourselves
mentally for this coming respite
from our scholastic efforts. Now
we shall expose ourselves to the
luxuries that will be heaped upon
us by welcoming loved ones as we
return to their outstreched arms.
Their joy in having us in the cir-cle
again will express itself in ev-ery
kindness from Christmas nuts
and candies to the largest piece
of mince pie at the joyous Yule-tide
dinner.
Everyone who has heard of
Christmas will experience some
kind of Christmas hilarity this
holiday season. But we of Bethel
are happy because we know the
great Originator of this celebrated
vacation. And we know the exu-berant
joy which God has given
us in His Son, the greatest Gift of
all time. Our lips and hearts shall
tell forth His love all during this
anticipated vacation. For we know
One who never takes a vacation,
that we might have many. Neither
indeed can we take a vacation
from witnessing for Him, nor
would we if we could.
Have You Heard?
That Kilroy is still active in
school affairs! His latest inter-vention
is in the Commuters' Club,
where he has signed up to treat
Miss Berthel at the children's par-ty
that is being planned. He was
even bold enough to suggest an
age for the child he is to sponsor!
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It vas de night before Christmas, yen all tru de place vere ay
staying
Dere vasn't nobody making no noise, not eefen som mouses except my
brudder-in-law and he is a rat.
De stockings vere hanged by de shimney kinda careful
Because dat feller vit de red knickers vas supposed to be here.
De little shavers vas all snug in dere beds
Vile visions of sugar plums vas dancing in dere heads.
And mama in her curlers and ay in my night shirt,
Had yust vashed our feet for a long vinter's nap.
Ven out on de dormitory lawn dere arose an awful big noise,
Ay yumped out of bed to see if it vas de boys,
Avay to de vindow ay flew like a flash
Ay coulda made it faster, but ay'd yust ate some hash.
De moon vas shining on de new snow wot had yust come down
And it vas kinda shining like it vasn't night;
And vat to my vondering eyes should appear
But a little teeny-weeny sleigh mit eight tiny horses.
Dere vas a tiny little driver—so yolly and quick
Ay' could tell right avay in may night shirt it vas St. Nick.
More faster dan eagles in his horses dey came,
And he whistled and hollered and call em all names.
Now flasher, now trasher, now vixer, now prancer—
On Cosmetics, on Stupid, on Visconsin!
To de top of de porch to de top of de vall
Now pass avay, pass avay, pass out for gootness sake!
And in two shakes of a skunk's tail ay heard on de roof
Dose animals monkeying around mit dere feet;
As ay yanked in my head and tripped over de cat
Down de shimney came Santa Claus flat on his back.
He vas fat as an old hog—right yolly old elf
And ay laughed ven ay seen him—ay couldn't help it.
A oink of his eye and a twist of his head—
Soon gave me to know ay didn't have nothin to vorry about.
His eyes dey vas glassy—his suit vas de berries,
His cheeks vas like roses—his nose like some cherries.
His droll little mouth vas drawed up like a bow,
And de beard on his chin dragged down in de snow.
He didn't say nothin, but vent straight to his verk,
And put lots of stuff in de hosiery and turned vit a jerk—
And putting his fingers beside of his nose,
He says—"You know me, kids!" and pfft—he was gone.
He yumped in his big open yob, and to his team gave a vistle he had
promised em for Christmas
And dey yumped up and ran like day had sat on some tistles;
Ay heard him say as he scrammed out of dere-
"A snappy Christmas to all, and to all—I hope you get vat you vant!"
The word Christmas immediate-ly
brings to mind delightful
thoughts of crystal clear nights
with a flurry of soft snow and
jingling bells; thoughts of gaily
lighted trees, holly wreathes, and
mistletoe; thoughts of good food,
of turkey and pies, and all the de-licious
smells accompanying them;
thoughts of the joyful anticipation
of giving and receiving gifts.
In this time of joyous festivities,
let us as Christians pause and con-sider
the greatest gift of all, the
Lord Jesus Christ. Christmas
should be, for us, a time of re-dedication
and consecration to the
service of One who came to this
world some nineteen hundred
years ago that we might have life,
and have it more abundantly. With
the giving and receiving of gifts,
let us remember God's gift to us,
and our gift to Him of our bodies,
a living sacrifice. May our prayer
for the new year be "Only to be
what you want me to _be, every
moment of every day!"
Shopping Demands
Football Tactics
"Twas the week before Christmas
And all through the town
Were masses of people
Running around."
Why were all these people mad- "
ly running up one street and down
the other wandering from store to
store? Could it be they're looking
for Christmas presents to suit
their taste, as well as their purse.
Christmas shopping is now a
struggle for existence; the slogan
is "first come, first served." Each
store flaunts the brightest, choic-est,
and most intriguing wares in
their windows, beckoning and urg-
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vas Tbe Beaning
1 ebri5tinat
Page 2 THE CLARION
Edman Tells
of Gospel R's
This is the second of a series of
articles by great men of faith to-day,
written especially for the
CLARION.
It seems to me that there are
three R's in the Gospel as is tra-ditionally
true in grade school edu-cation;
and a thorough, firsthand
knowledge of them is indespensa-ble
in the Christian life. First
there is Regeneration, whereby the
children of men, convicted by
God's Spirit of their sinful and lost
estate, in penitence and faith come
to receive the Lord Jesus Christ
as personal Saviour. Regeneration
became my experiende at an evan-gelistic
service when I was a seni-or
in high school, and all of life
has been different because of new-ness
of life that came to be my
portion then.
In the second place there is Rev-elation;
the Word of God wherein
God has revealed Himself to us.
By searching we could not find
out God; what we cannot find for
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251i atneb ?
Are you ashamed to own Him;
Jesus who died for you;
Won't you witness to the lost ones
That they may know Him too?
Think of all the blessings
That you receive from Him;
Aren't they worth your effort,
Another soul to win?
Oh, there is joy in service,
When you surrender all;
When your life is completely ready
To obey the Master's call.
—Arvy Hansen.
dear boss
im happy to see that you finally
got on the ball boss and asked for
letters to the editor its about time
ive heard people ask you could
they please write the aforesaid let-ters
and what did you do
you gave them the cold and fishy
say boss christmas is coming i
dont want anything for myself you
know how i am that way but there
are all sorts of things id like to
see others get this year
id like to see about fifty deserv-ing
students get all those unused
seats in the front of the chapel
every day
id like to see whoever took the
bit of pie crust out of my crumb
box get scarlet fever i was saving
it for christmas dinner
i dont know exactly what buck
garvey wants this year but i un-derstand
that when he was wan-dering
around at wards he squeez-ed
a doll and it cried mama a lit-tle
later he squeezed another doll
and it screamed floorwalker does
that mean he was doing his christ-mas
shopping early
santa claus can give dale lind-berg
an extra math book so that
he can while away his spare time
Chapel Quotes
Chapel services began the win-ter
quarter with a message from
Dean C. E. Carlson and centered
in a series of talks by Prof. A.
Olson.
To constantly yield and con-stantly
obey God and His Word is
the secret of the Spirit-filled life.
—A. Olson
To make any progress spiritual-ly
it- is necessary to realize my
own inefficiency.
—A. Olson.
Idolatry is anything that has a
more formative influence in your
life than Jesus Christ.
—C. E. Carlson.
Dr. Scoffield said, "To live the
abundant life is to have known
sin unconfessed."
—A. Olson.
I think this is a sample of a
Spirit-filled life: to confess our
sins, to clear up as we go along.
A. Olson.
A lazy Christian will never be a
Spirit-filled Christian.
—A. Olson.
When Christian people cease to
watch and pray, we can be sure
they will cease to live' the Spirit-filled
life.
—A. Olson.
My idea of the Spirit-filled life
is very simple and it is this: no
matter how near we come to the
Lord we try to get a little nearer,
Climb higher, higher, higher.
A. Olson.
With God's Word in our hearts
we will be able to answer any who
will ask us a question concerning
Him.
—Tom Coleman.
That the new quarter added
some twelve new students to the
Bethel family, the formal intro-duction
being made at the first
Chapel Session of the quarter.
doing those problems he loves so
well
the main thing id like to see
britton get is out of your office
incidentally does that guy live on
a street car commuting between
here and minneapolis
santa, can give the whole school
a break and put up about six new
and interesting notices on the bul-letin
board every day to alleviate
the boredom of those who stand
and stare at the same old announ-cements
just after second period
it would give them an excuse for
blocking the hall
morry engstrom wants the latest
joe miller book his corn crib needs
a refill
i was racking my brain over the
problem of a christmas gift for you
until the solution presented itself
in the form of, a moult this time i
will forego the pleasure of eating
my old skin and let you have it
youll find it tastes best with a
little salt on it
well boss a merry chriStmas
happy new year a glorious fourth
of July and a sumptuous thanksgiv-ing
to you
archie the cockroach
Editor Asks For
Your Letters
Do you have something to get
off your chest? Do you know of
some situation that should be cor-rected
or, conversely, something
that should be publicly praised? If
you have any such ideas, we have
just the place to unload, in a let-ter
to the editor.
This is almost a no-holds-barred
proposition. If you so request we
won't even publish _your name, al-though
no letter will be consider-ed
unless it is signed. A receptacle
will be provided for your use and
only the editor will ever know
your name.
Obviously, only. constructive ma-terial
can be published. The editor
also has to consider the laws of
libel, so stay within the limits of
decency. There is no limit in the
direction of praise.
If you have any constructive
criticism of the Clarion we will
welcome that as well. We realize
that our paper is far from per-fect,
but with your help we can
improve it.
With your help we can keep a
finger on Bethel's pulse.
Chapel Is
Well Attended
Have you ever noticed during
chapel that except for a few seats
in the front of the room, all the
- seats are filled? If those who
stand in the back took these front
seats, the chapel would be full.
This is a fine example of the spirit
at Bethel.
Although we are expected to go
to chapel there is no strict rule
which compels us to be there. This
is the first year that attendance
has not been taken or certain
seats have not been assigned. Corn-ing
to chapel is left up to each in-dividual
_ and the Bethel students
are putting forth their effort to
co-operate.
There are reports that some
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n the Carpet
By President Wingblade
The wonder of all the wonders
of the years is the paradox of the
Christ. From the heart of God and
from the courts of glory He came
to be born as a child.
A suborbinate wonder and a neg-ative
wonder was that, though He
came to His own, His own receiv-ed
Him not. The world was made
by Him and yet this world knew
Him not. How strange!
But then comes the positive with
climactic impress: But as many as
received Him to them gave He
power to become the sons of God
—even to them who believe on
His name.
'Mary believed the Word from
arch-angel lips— and Christ was
born. You and I believe the Word
today and Christ is born in us.
There are then two outstanding
wonders: the wonder of the incar-nation
and the wonder of the new
birth. Both are beyond the ken of
man to grasp or explain.
Jesus said to Nicodemus: "The
wind bloweth where it listeth. We
hear the sound thereof, but know
not whence it cometh nor whither
it goeth. So is everyone who is
born of the Spirit."
Here we have mystery. No one
can explain the event. Here we
have mastery. There is liberty and
power and victory over sin. Here
we have manifestation. Men hear
the sound, and see the demonstra-tion
of that mystic reality that has
taken place deep in the heart of
the believing man.
The man had drifted—colorless,
directionless, purposeless, power-less.
Then Jesus came. Life flash-ed
into new meaning with a. new
light, new purpose, new power—
"for a 1 1 is changed when Jesus
comes to stay."
That is what the Christ of
Christmas would mean to every
human heart. He would be born
anew in each life and demonstrate
to all His beauty and His power.
May that truly be the rich ex-perience
of each and all of us.
"Christ in you the hope of glory."
Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year—to all Bethel.
The Clarion
Published Twice a Month By
BETHEL COLLEGE AND SEMINARY, ST. PAUL, MINN.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
EDITORIAL POLICY: To maintain and promote the Christian
principles of Bethel; to promote scholarship; to foster
more school spirit; to establish a better understanding
among the :indents.
Editor Gordon Krantz
Ass't. Editor Charles Germany
News E. W. J. Avey, Ed.; Burgeson, Sheffler, Mar-tinson,
Rosenquist, Germany, M. Lindstedt, Olson, Ba-vin.
Features A. Carlson, Ed.; Rosenquist, H. Anderson,
Martinson, A. Hansen, Raub, M. Lindstedt, archie
Sports Ellison, Ed.; Hagen, H. Peterson, Goodrich,
E. Johnson, Dahl
Religious Editor Ruth Bridges
Circulations Manager Emmet Johnson
Business Manager Bud Peterson
Typists Schultz, Christiansen, Ward, Bavin, A. Carlson
Faculty Advisor LaVone Berthel
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THE CLARION Page 3
AS ROSY
SEES IT
By Rosenquist
Who says the Americans have
all the brains? Perhaps you have
heard of the tests going on at
White Sands, New Mexico with
German-made rockets. The start-ling
fact that has been overlooked
is that we not only brought back
the German inventions, but also
the inventors!
Yes, they are living in the States
as Alien Civilian Employees of the
Government. They receive nom-inal
pay which is sent to their
families in Germany plus subsis-tence
for themselves.
Rocket planes, jet heliocopters,
ribbon parachutes and V-2s are on-ly
some of the subjects on which
these men have saved U. S. an
estimated 10 billion dollars in re-search.
It's a wonder some of the GI's
at Bethel that were stationed in
Germany didn't bring back some
fellows to do their Zoology and
Algebra for them' ttn
* *
With the approaching of Christ-mas,
Gault MacGowan's report
from Paris is timely. Although
there has been a steady improve-m
e n t in conditions the past
months, you can still go for many
blocks and never see a shop win-dow
intent on drawing the Christ-mas
shopper. Restrictions and reg-ulations
are still too numerous to
make gifts easy to buy, in fact,
you even have to use government
tickets to have your shoes repair-ed.
Of course there are plenty res-taurants
'beckoning Christmas
guests, but Gault MacGowan pre-
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We herewith publish the un-censored
account of a stranger's
visit to the Clarion office.
The time has come when some-thing
should be said about the
most outstanding office in the
school, namely the hole next to the
chapel. 'There budding geniuses
mingle with hopeless morons.
There the intelligentsia of the
school rub elbows with the mor-ons.
Let us take a personally conduc-ted
tour of the place.
You enter at the hallway en-trance
where you pay your fifty
cents to Herr Editor. You notice
two neat desks and two cleared
tables with several chairs neatly
lined up beside it in order. As you
enter you collide with a huge pole
with a sign reading:
test your eyesight
On the ceiling is a small note.
People who are unusually curious
have to remove the vole and then
replace it again.
Over on the Spire desk is a tele-scope
aimed at the girls' dorm. I
wander aimlessly over to it while
Spire Staff
Begins Work
The 1947 Spire, Bethel's year-book
will set two precendents.
The annual will be the largest ever
published by the school and a total
of 1000 copies will be printed, an
increase of 300 over last year. The
yearbook will increase 50 per cent
in size over last years book. It
will contain more pictures, will be
more informal and will have a
more complete coverage of school
activities and student life.
Maynard Johnson is the editor;
Nettie Castle, assistant editor;
Marjorie Erickson, s e c r e tar y;
Warren Palmquist, art editor. By-ron
Skalmon, who has done pro-fessional
work in the Navy, will
act as photographer with Herb El-lison
as sports editor. Professor
Maurice Lawson is this years fac-ulty
advisor.
Contracts with the publishers
and cover company are in the fi-nal
phase. The contracts are being
made with the Color Press of
Brainerd and the Shelby Craftea
Company of Chicago.
The annual is expected to be in
the hands of the students before
the close of the school year and
will not go into debt.
All sophomore pictures were tak-en
shortly before Christmas vaca-tion.
One of the biggest difficulties
in publishing this years Spire was
the difficulty of procuring office
space The faculty committee how-evei
has promised the staff a divi-sion
of the Clarion office.
two fellows are staring out of it.
"See anything interesting?"
"Yeah, take a look-2c a peek.
We gotta pay for the Clarion some
way."
I pay my car chip, and get three
slugs in change. Then I look eag-erly
out the window. It is aimed
at students walking back from
lunch. Some of them are mum-bling
to themselves. One couple
is talking seriously together.
"What are they saying?" I ask.
The two business men stiffen to
a dignified heigh.t "Our lip-read-ing
service is available for an ad-d
itional fee of 25c."
My three slugs jingle desolately
in my pocket. I walk away quickly
and nearly trip over Clarence Brit-ton
sleeping in. an arm chair. How
he can sleep is beyond me, for in
one corner Chuck Germany is
stuffing a screaming girl reporter
into a furniture box.
Two anemic looking specimens
are typing furiously in front of the
window. They smile as I greet
them, but continue typing at the
same rapid rate.
Bethel Apts.
Almost Complete
The construction on the second
and third floors of the Married
Couples Apartment is nearing the
final stages.
Malmsten comments that the
contractor has not fulfilled previ-ous
promises regarding the com-pletion
of the apartment but he
feels reasonably sure that the two
top floors should be completed by
the time the students come back
from the Christmas vacation. He
also states that the bathroom fix-tures
have been delivered and are
available but are just waiting to be
installed.
An investigation of the building
reveals that the bathrooms are
now receiving coats of green or
buff paint and a flooring of com-position
tile. The built-in beds are
also being installed, but the doors
for them are not available as yet.
Carpenters are in the last stages
of installing doors and the flooring
for the apartments.
Alexis Meets
"Christmas in Other Lands" was
the theme of the Alexis Christmas
program on December 17. Carl Ol-son,
Reuben Dahl, Kenneth Sam-uelson
and Roland Miller spoke on
Alska, Germany, Philippines anu
England respectively. Special mu-sic
was presented by Carol Land-berg,
a trombone trio and a male
quartet.
A fellowship hour followed the
program.
=Why so fast?"
"We must. We volunteered for
service in September and have
been kept at work ever since. If
we don't keep up this rate, we'll
get the whip." The editor pulls
out his bullwhip and snaps it
menacingly. The girls type faster.
Then one asks, "Have you seen
my brother recently? He goes
here, I think. He started when I
did."
The other bursts in, "What's
happening in the outside world?
Any bad strikes or accidents?"
I answer their questions and
hurry away as the editor snaps his
whip at me. On the editor's desk
I notice a small box of crumbs.
archie's. I quietly retrieve a choice
piece of cake.
Then, as my half hour is up, I
dash for the door. The editor un-does
the secret lock, opens the
heavy door with a screech, and I
walk up the 13 steps into the
fresh, clear daylight. My visit is
over. I can sympathize with the
people who put out the paper. I
was there.
Only 10 percent
Make B Average
Bethel students received their
grades for the Fall Quarter last
Fridiy afternoon. The Dean's Of-fice
on releasing the grades, also
issued the following statement to
The Clarion:
The grades reported for the Fall
Quarter indicate that we have on
cur Bethel Campus a group of very
capable students. In the Fall
Quarter's work of this year, thirty-eight
students achieved a "B"
average in twelve credit hours or
more. The following are listed as
being Honor Students in the
Dean's Office:
Anderson, Earl Kenneth
Anderson, Gilbert Warren
Anderson, Lester B.
Anderson, Ruth Elayne (Mrs.)
Anderson, Vernon D.
Avey, Edward W. J.
Berg, George M.
Brown, Alastair W.
Carlson, Audrey Iola
Carlson, Gladys Ethel
Christenson, Harold L.
Coleman, Thomas P.
Dahl, Delmar De Lloyd
Decker, Donald F.
Edman, June Evangeline
Ekstrom, Ruth L.
Francisco, Paul H.
Forsman, Rudolph W.
Johnson, George W.
Johnson, Maynard P.
Krantz, Gordon C.
Laven, Violet
Lindstedt, L. Marwin
Lindstedt, Olof D.
Malm, Marjorie J.
Martinson, Grace D.
Nelson, Catherine L.
Norstrom, Marjorie C.
Peterson, Irma E.
Peterson, Ruth M.
Reasoner, Rollin S.
Renstrom, Edna Mae
Rutan, Bertram Harvey
Rutan, Martha Ellen
Schubring, James E.
Skov, Kenneth Dorian
Tweedy, Newton Monroe
Westlund, Elaine D.
Choruses Make
Appearances
Members of last year's Girls'
Chorus presented their second
concert of the season at Cokato,
Minnesota on December 11. It will
be recalled • that they sang two
weeks previously at River Falls.
Wisconsin. Also on the program
were Carol Landberg, who ren -
dered several violin selections, and
the trombone trio composed of
Starr, Lindstedt, and Olson which
played two numbers.
A good crowd turned out for the
concert, and the girls were served
a delicious lunch afterwards.
The Men's Chorus made its first
out of school appearance at the
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UNCENSORED ACCOUNT
Vaal lamed 0
Students Receive Quarter Grades
Page 4 THE CLARION
Bodine Dorm
Is Very Active
Latest fad in the dorm is jumping
rope. Several third floor girls,
Enid Bruce, Carol Bergsten, Elea-nor
Nelson a n d Marlys Carlson
jump rope regularly at 10 or 10:30
every evening. Has it improved
your figures girls? •
Second floor has been busy too.
It took at least ten girls to give
Marvel Zimmerman a bathtub par-ty
and then no one could find out
what it was for. Ruth Shold got
soaked too, but it was legit—it
was her birthday.
Nettie Castle and her terrorists.
the "Second Floor Stinkers," went
round with pitchers of water one
night but everyone was awake, so
their little trick didn't work. It is
strongly suspected, however, that
they had something to do with the
"stranger" i n Vangie Rendahl's
bed and the suit case beside it.
That dummy sure looked real.
The other night Jeanette An-derson
and Virginia Moody walked
in the front door in their house-coats.
They said that they were
pushed out of a window, but who
would do a thing like that?
ND one has yet taken advan-tage
of the mistletoe in the dorm
hall. Is it because no one stands
under it, or are all the fellows
bashful? They are Bethel fellows,
aren't they?
A Christmas party was given by
the Minnesota girls for the resi-dents
of Bodine hall the evening
of December 16. Each girl bought
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Bethlehem Holds
Bethel Day
Bethel Day at Bethlehem Church
in Minneapolis attracted many of
the students last Sunday. There
were several services held during
the course of the day, Pastor A.
Sjolund led the morning service
which was followed by an im-promptu
singspiration led by Phil
Johnson before dinner.
After dinner, Magician, George
Taylor entertained the group and
led a novel song and testimony
service in which each was given
the opportunity of volunteering a
friend's name for a special num-ber.
At the evening service, Fern
and Bob Nelson offered the special
music and Carl Olson brought the
message.
Ex-Bethelite
Is Ordained
Warren Magnuson, who was
graduated from Bethel Seminary
last year, was ordained at the
Bethlehem Baptist Church on De-cember
12. Dr. Karison gave the
ordination sermon and Adolph 01-
son "charged" the candidate. The
dedicatory prayer was offered by
Dr. Wingblade.
Rev. Magnuson has been the pas-tor
of the Emanuel Baptist Church
CHAPEL
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Christian colleges which have com-pulsory
chapel attendance are find-ing
it difficult to enforce this rule.
The students are rebelling and re-fusing
to go.
Although the chapel sessions are
a tradition at Bethel, that is not
the main reason for having them.
A few minutes of spiritual guid-ance
during the day is a necessity
of Christian Students. This time
of inspiration lends new fervor to
press forward.
The attention paid to the speak-er
by the students is to be praised:
Whether the speaker is a guest or
one of our own professors, our at-tention
is an asset. The enthusi-astic
singing of the students shows
their interest in the chapel hour.
Apparently, Bethel students will
continue coming to chapel without
being regimented. We give them
praise where praise is due.
in St. Paul for the past three
years. He will be leavirig the
cities shortly to take a pastorate
in Ludington, Michigan.
Three More Are
Dedicated For
Foreign Service
Yet further links in the chain
that binds Bethel to the Mission
Field were forged on Thursday,
December 5th when three n e w
candidates were dedicated for for-eign
service. The new missionar-ies
are Mr. and Mrs. Dana Larson,
at present attending the Seminary,
and Miss Dorothy Drotz, former
student.
In introducing the candidates at
the Dedication Service at Bethany
Baptist Church, St. Paul, the Rev.
J. 0. Backlund declared that Beth-el
was in the very forefront of
the General Conference Mission
program. The number of Bethel
missionaries then totalled almost
o n e hundred a n d including all
those who had declared their in-tention
to devote their lives to
that work the number would be
far in excess of one hundred.
Edgren Hall Is
Lively Scene
The lounge in the Men's Dorm
is now completed and there only
remains the furnishing of it. It
was learned that the rug and the
piano are already delivered but
there seems to be some doubt as
to the availability of armchairs,
couches, and tables.
The fellows have found that it
pays to get a key to their rooms.
Apparently the novelty of climbing
in through the window has worn
off. It has also been noted that
the ladder has also vanished.
Clyde Brown finally made his
long announced car deal, His big
La Salle has now been replaced
by a Ford coupe which serves his
purposes just as well, he claims.
The question now is to find some-one
with a big enough car to take
Clyde's place on Saturday and Sun-day
nights.
The boys had their Christmas
party last Wednesday night in the
gym. It was a stag affair and fea-tured
games, gifts, and refresh-ments.
Dorm talent was used as
much as possible and as the key-note
of the evening was its infor-mality,
an enjoyable time was
spent.
There will be a few fellows
spending the holiday at the dorm.
In order to stave off the inevitable
lack of things to do, they are now
planning ahead and hope by their
combined efforts to have a good
time anyway.
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Everything's quiet for once.
Maybe now I'll get some sleep. . .
What's that out in the hall?
Someone's out there. I can hear
their stealthy footsteps. They're
just outside my door. No, that's
just my imagination. But it sure
is dark in this room; even with
the moon shining through the win-dow.
I think I forgot to lock the
door. They're turning the knob.
What should I do? Oh why didn't
I lock the door?
The door's coming open now. I
can see it. Slowly—inch by inch.
Why don't they open it all at once.
If I could only get up and close
it—but I'm afraid.
They're coming close my
eyes. I can hear them coming
closer and closer to my bed. They-
're picking one up and carrying me
away. Why doesn't my roomate
wake up? I wish I could scream,
or fight, but I can't—I can't even
open my eyes. What are they go-ing
to do to me?
Why, it's bright daylight—I was
just dreaming. But wait, they're
still carrying me. Oh no you don't.
kids. Wow! is that water ever
cold. Just you wait, kids, you'll be
sorry you threw me in the bathtub
when I wanted to sleep—even if
it is my birthday!
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I came home from the city the other day bedraggled and worn,
took off my football padding, mopped my forehead and prepared for
bed. There were furrows on my brow and bruises on my elbows. It
was worth it, however. I had finally completed my Christmas shopping.
There were hours of fitful tossing before I fell into a troubled sleep.
But with sleep there was peace and a beautiful dream of how things
"could have been."
It was the twentieth of December and I was at the North Pole in
the beautiful palace of St. Nicholas. There were gifts of every descrip-tion
strewn all around me. I had only to think of a person, and im-mediately
an appropriate gift for him would appear.
There were so many people from school for whom I wanted to buy
gifts that it was difficult to decide where to begin my list. Of course, I
thought first of the person nearest my heart, our floor monitor. For
her Santa produced a beautiful pair of eyeglasses shaped to fit key-holes.
For Eulah Jane Weaver there was a record of "One Meatball,"
and for Gladys (H. B.) Carlson there was a pair of Lyle stockings.
When I looked at my fingers, still faintly tinted with finger-printing
ink, I knew that there must be a special gift for Byron Skalman. Ah,
yes, that would be a darkroom to be used in developing his outside in-terests.
For Don Goldsmith there was a package of scented bubble bath,
and for Gloria Anderson a lifetime guaranteed-Cheerio machine_ A box
of D. D. T. was being daintily wrapped. This I learned was for that para-site
of the Clarion office, Archie. For the school nurse there was a
record of "June is Budding Out All Over," and for her friend, Bud
Weber, there was a Vick's vaporizer. Another illustrious couple on
campus received a Chinese Checker game with which to spend their
Saturday nights. Santa was really alert to the needs of Bethelites.
There was a tremendods asbestos suit hanging on the wall. "That's for
the person who makes the toast at school in the mornings," Santa said
(Hope she won't get burned up about this.) Some of the other articles
were: a datebook for Calvin Lundberg, a hatbox for Koke"s elaborate
array of headgear, a mustache cup for Bert Anderson, gunpowder for
Cleo Fisher's bangs, a potted sunflower plant for Joyce Johnson, and a
Toni permanent wave set for Ken Greenman. Some other imaginative
gifts included a telescope for the third floor observation tower in the
girl's dorm and a custom-made kid glove for the hand Mox Lindstedt
keeps out of his poc!;et. For Mr. Nordstrom there was a smudge pct
fur use in heating the Chem. Lab. (Someone had suggested that it
would be more effective than two bunsen burners), and for "'qrs.
Kroening of the cafeteria there was a complex device which helped to
accurately count out six stewed cherries.
After Santa and I had tossed these, and many other, gifts into his
bag, we set out in his 1946 Buick Convertible for the picturesque Bethel
campus. We obtained permission from Mrs. Lawson and Mr. Myers
to enter the dormitories to distribute them and spent the next morn-ing
watching everyone open their parcels with exclamations of delight
and joy.
But this bliss was too much for me—too heavenly. The alarm clock
jangled, and I leaped out of bed. Strewn around me were the dozens
of neckties and handerchiefs which I had labored so hard to purchase.
They will have to suffice. I guess our dreams are too extravagant.
THE CLARION Page 5•
Gulbrantson Is
Featured on
Missionary Band
The regular monthly Missionary
Band meeting held in the College
Chapel last Friday night featured
the long-time missionary to the
Philippines, Rev. Gulbrantson. The
program, which was led by Roy
Nelson, included several numbers
by the male quartet of Stearns,
Starr, Larson, and Schwartz, and
a novel trumpet solo by Bob Nel-son
who accompanied himself on
the accordion.
Rev. Gulbrantson related many
interesting experiences in connec-tion
with his work among the
fierce, warlike Moros on Mindanao.
He also gave a vivid picture of
conditions in that part of the wor-ld
and the great need for both
spiritual as well as physical things.
His observations on the spread of
Mohammedanism were of special
interest.
When the School assembled
for the first Chapel period of
the Winter Quarter they heard
from Dean C. E. Carlson that
the four-year college is o n e
step nearer reality. The Dean
announced that the General
Conference h a d approved t h e
scheme at their Board meeting
in St. Paul during the previous
week, to be adopted as and
when circumstances permi t,
and asked prayers for school
planning.
"It is a matter that affects
students' careers as much as it
affects the faculty," commented
the Dean. "There appears to e
a real place for a liberal-arts
school of that kind here."
EDMAN
(continued from page 2)
ourselves He deigns to give us in
his word.
Then there is the Return of
Christ, which is the program of
God for the amelioration and cor-rection
of the world's evils. Then
will be brought to pass prophecy,
"And he shall judge among many
nations, and shall rebuke many
people: and they shall beat their
swords into plowshares, and their
spears into pruninghooks: nation
shall not lift up sword against na-tion,
neither shall they learn war
any more." (Isaiah 2:4) Every
aspect of one's outlook on life is
altered by his understanding of the
program of God and the coming
again of the Lord Jesus.
These are the basic three It s
of my Christian faith.
V. Raymond Edman,
President, Wheaton College
Bethel Defeated
By Sioux Falls
Bethel Indians lost to a slightly
taller Sioux Falls College
team in an overtime contest, by
the score of 49 to 45. This non-conference
game on December 7th
opened a 4-day trip on which coach
Edwards took 12 men.
The Indians jumped into a quick
lead and were ahead 11 to 4 at
the end of the first quarter. They
maintained a lead until midway in
the fourth quarter when Disching-er
fouled out. With ten seconds to
go Sioux Falls was leading 39 to
37 when Sandin sank a long one-handed
shot to send the game into
the extra period.
Peterson, Sioux Falls guard,
scored 22 points to head the scor-ing
column. Sandin pared his team
with 12 counters. For Bethel this
was the first game on a large floor
and many of the men played their
first college ball. Dischinger look-ed
good on rebounds and played
an excellent floor game. In the
free throw department, the Sioux
team made 13 out of 28 while
Bethel scored 9 in 25 attempts.
Bethel FG FT F Pts.
E. Johnson 3 2 2 8
Hamlin 1 1 2 3
Skoog 0 0 0
Sandberg 0 1 2 1
Benson 4 0 4 8
Dischinger 2 0 5
Borgeson 1 1 2 3
Greenman 2 2 4 6
Sandin 5 2 2 IZ
Starr 0 0 0 0
Taylor 0 0 1 0
— —
9 24
45
16 29 39 45
15 25 39 49
B.W.A. Theme
Is Christmas
Christmas was the theme of the
B. W. A. program on Thursday
afternoon, December 12. The pro-gram,
led by Joyce Johnson, be-gan
with scripture reading and
prayer. Special musical numbers
were given by Katherine Meyers,
who sang "0 Holy Night," Cather-ine
Nelson, who sang "Hail to the
Lord's Annointed," and a trio, Eve-lyn
Sundberg, Joyce Johnson, and
Helen Holle, who sang "We Have
Seen His Star." Most of the af-ternoon
was spent in singing
Christmas carols about verses of
the Christmas story.
Lunch was served before the
program, while Christmas carols
were played by Carol Landberg on
her violin. Decorations were in
the theme of Christmas music.
Indians Take
Bluejays 58-50
Coach Paul Edwards' cagers de-feated
the Worthington Bluejays,
December 9, at Worthington High
School auditorium by a score of
58-50.
According to Coach Edwards—
"The team played the finest ball
in the second half of the game of
the whole three-match trip, even
though the Bluejay's had a 2 to 3
inch height advantage over the In-dians."
Ken Greenman was high point
man, bucketing a total of 17 points.
Benson followed with 16 points.
Coome paced the Bluejays scoring
10 points with Bothwell adding 9.
The score at the half was 27-22,
with the Bluejays leading. At the
end of the third quarter the game
was tied, 38-38. Benson and Green-man
racked up a total of 15 points
between them in the final frame,
ruling the game in Bethel's favor.
Bethel FG FT 1P
Johnson 2 1 5
Benson 8 0 16
Dischinger 2 2 6
Greenman 7 3 17
Sandin 1 2 4
Sandberg 0 0 0
Hamlin 4 0 8
25 8 58
3 Bethelites
on Sicklist
If you notice a ghost-like figure
wandering around the campus
there is no need to become alarm-ed.
It is Eric with his head swath-ed
in bandages as the result of the
burns he sustained in an accident
with the Girls' Dormitory boiler
on Saturday, December 7th. He
was called to investigate the cause
of a cloud of smoke that was is-suing
from the oil heater and in
the course of his duty was badly
Indian Cagers
Subdue Tracy J.C.
Defeating Tracy J. C. on Decem-ber
10, Paul Edwards' Indians scor-ed
their second consecutive South-ern
Minnesota Junior College Con-ference
basketball triumph.
With the score at the half tied
at 23 to 23—the Indians, paced by
Ken Greenman's sharpshooting and
Dischinger's determined play at
center position, broke the tie and
opened up in the final quarter to
make a very decisive win over
Tracy by a score of 58-42.
In summing up the game, Coach
Edwards said, "The usually con-sistent,
determined play of Dis-chinger
spelled the difference be-tween
victory and defeat for the
Indians."
Greenman was high point man
with 18 points, Benson was next
with 8.
Bethel FG FT PF Pts.
E. Johnson 3 0 1 6
Sandberg 0 0 2 0
Skoog 0 0 0 0
Benson 4 0 0 8
Hamlin 1 0 0 2
R. Johnson 1 2 0 4
Dischinger 0 2 1 2
Borgeson 0 0 1 0
Greenman 7 4 1 18
Taylor 0 0 1 0
Sandin 3 0 2 6
Starr 2 0 0 4
Totals - 21 8 8 50
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THE CLARION
Action From
Other Schools
Macalester students are making
effective moves toward a more
democratic system in their college.
Mac students who were dissatis-fied
with school policies, lead by
the Republican club, listed their
grievences together with proposed
improvements and submitted them
to the student body in the form of
a questionaire. The results dis-closed
a sizable majority in favor
of the five changes suggested.
These changes included a chance
for students to grade professors,
a change in chapel attendance
regulations, nominations for the
homecoming queen from the stu-dent
body, publishing of communi-ty
council minutes and a new poli-cy
i n registration, with upper
classman registering first.
Students had a chance to voice
their opinions on these campus af-fairs
at a town meeting. Members
of the faculty and representatives
from the school organizations
formed a panel to discuss the ques-tions
brought up by the student
body.
SHOPPING
(Continued from page 1)
ing each shopper to come in and
spend his money. Strangely, they
always forget to put the price tag
on the most expensive items.
However, entering the store is
another matter. Having had ex-perience
as a football fullback usu-ally
helps. First of all, you peer
over the crowd watching for a
weak spot, and when you find it,
then start running. Keep going
until you get inside—but then stop
because if you don't you're sure
to bump into a counter, clerk, or
co-shopper.
After roaming around all the
counters on the first floor, finally,
something takes your eye. Timidly
you ask the price — what a let
down. How can you buy a dozen
presents, when you can't even af-ford
to buy one at that price?
The first floor turns out to be
pretty discouraging, but there're
still more floors. Because the es-calators
are in the most prominent
place, everyone attempts to ride
on them. Realizing there's no room
on them, you look for the eleva-tors.
Somehow or other they all
manage to be full too. Perhaps
the best way to go is via the stairs.
Since most of the people seem
to be stopping off on the sixth
floor, something interesting must
be there. Investigating, you find
Toyland with Santa Claus and his
reindeers. A little farther inside
are the electric train and the elec-tric
cars to ride in.
On the way down you stop off
on each successive floor to look for
gifts.
After going through all these
floors, you're plenty thirsty so you
start for the dime store lunch
counter, and there you make your
one and only purchase of the day
—a coke.
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Question: What do you plan to
do during the Christmas vacation?
Neal Floberg: Study.
Shirley Burnett: Go home to
see the (Don) Hall of Fame.
Maurice Paulson: Go home and
impart the knowledge received
here to the folks in my home
church in one brief sermon.
Alabama Lovegren: I'm going
Home to renew my southern ac-cent.
Charles Roub: Try to recruit a
new pupil for Bethel.
Frances Smith : Going home to
Omaha to collect my pay from the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
Kenneth DeJong: Spend a
quiet two weeks at home catching
up on much needed rest.
Bud Weber: Going home for
Christmas but will leave for Den-ver
Colo., the 28th to attend a com-mittee
meeting to discuss forming
ROSY
(Continued from page 3)
dicts that the diners will be lucky
to have enough "Francs" for taxi
fare home!
4, *
Another slant on the Christmas
spirit was that of a former Sing-
Sing convict, now a owner of a
furniture factor y, who offered
some deserving veteran a 1Y2
room apartment with everything
including fireplace, several thou-sand
dollar's worth of furniture, a
completely stocked pantry, and the
first month's rent free. He's even
including a Christmas tree fully
decorated to make it a complete
Christmas.
•
If you listen to Frank Sinatra's
radio program you will not have
to worry about screams, squeals or
swooning from the audience. Why?
The answer is in a "noble experi-ment"
excluding all persons under
the age of twenty one from his
broadcast, especially "bobby-sox-ers"
who persist in interrupting
his singing.
What I'm concerned with is
when will they try excluding some
of r a d i o' s "earhurting" commer-cials!!!
SICK—(Continued)
burned in the face. He was taken
for treatment to Mounds Hospital
and detained for a few days.
Flowers were sent by the second
year German class to Miss Nelson,
who was admitted to Midway Hos-pital,
for an operation last week-end.
Bud Peterson is making satis-factory
progress following an op-eration
for appendicitus in his
home town on Friday, November
13th.
( BOD I NE—Continued)
a gift for the exchange grab bag.
Games, led by Edna Renstrom,
were followed by a candlelight de-votional
program of which Marjo-rie
Nelson was in charge. A com-mittee
headed by Mavis McRey-nolds
served refreshments.
an ex-G.I. missionary board and
make plans for a national G.I.
Gospel Hour reunion.
June Edman: I might go along.
Ed Stayton: Stay here and work
part of the time. Don't know what
I'll do the rest of the time.
John Soneson : Go home and re-new
old acquaintances; Go ski-ing.
Gordon Krantz: Stay in St.
Paul and carve an occasional car-cass
at Ancker Hospital.
Elaine Westlund: Going home
to Atwater. My parents just mov-ed
to a new home which is incom-plete
so I'll be kept busy.
Eunice Engstrom: I'm going
home!!-- --
June Lundquist: Going home,
work at Fields during the day and
stay out till two o'clock every
morning — showing Inky Johnson
the "Windy City."
CHORUSES
(Continued from page 3)
Men's Fellowship banquet at the
First Baptist Church of Minneap-olis
on Dec. 10. One of the high-lights
of the evening was the de-licious
turkey dinner served to
everyone.
Also on the program were Bill
Lindroth with "Junior," and the
trombone trio of Starr, Linstedt
and Olson. The varied program,
including well-known hymns and
the spiritual "Pick Up Yo Feet,
Don't Shuffle Along" were well re-ceived
by the appreciative audi-ence.
HAVE YOU HEARD
(Continued from page 1)
The school, therefore, will be re-lieved
to know that at last one
member of the faculty has a
Christmas date.
That Secret Place for the next
quarter contains a devotion con-tributed
by a Bethel student, E.
W. J. Avey.
That scores ranging from 118
down to five were recorded by the
Modern World- History class at the
recent examination.
That on being asked who went
out from Egypt with the Children
of Israel at the exodus, one stu-dent
of the Bible Outline class
gave Joseph's Mummy as the ans-wer.
That the highly noticeable odor
in Melvin Peterson's and Donald
Nepstad's room in the men's dor-mitory
has been attributed to a
very dead rat. The difficulty of
finding the creature's location has
been obviated by leaving the win-dows
open.
That the little gray cat slept
through Mr. Lawson's English Lit-erature
class on Edna Anderson's
lap.
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What and When
In Near Future
School
Jan. 6 Classes resume 8:00 A.M.
Jan. 10 Basketball, Bethany here
Jan. 10 Missionary Band
Jan. 11 Basketball, Waldorf here
Jan. 14 Alexis
Jan. 17 BWA
Jan. 18 Basketball, Tracy here
Jan. 24-26 Sophomore retreat
Churches
Dec. 22 Roy Steele, chalk artist,
Temple Baptist Church
Dec. 22 Story of Christmas, 4:00
P.M., First Baptist Church, Min-neapolis
Dec. 22 Christmas program, Lake
Park Baptist Church
Dec. 22 Christmas Cantata, Beth-any
Baptist Church
Dec. 24 Christmas Eve Candle-light
Service, Temple Baptist
Church
Mpls. Symphony Concerts
Dec. 20 Yves Chardon, conductor
Dec. 27 Special Holiday party
program
Jan. 3 Tossy Spivakovsky, vio-linist
Jan. 10 Louis Krasner, violinist
Jan. 17 Leonard Pennario, pianist
Former Finlander
Comes to Bethel
With the beginning of the new
quarter we had several new stu-dents
among which was a mission-ary
from Burma and Northern In-dia,
Walter Eerola.
His home is Finland but he has
been at the Finnish Salem Mission
for the last 10 years. During the
previous war he was an officer in
the British Welfare Service and
also acting chaplain with the Brit-ish
and American Forces up until
the early part of 1946.
After his release he returned to
the mission work with Reverend
Tegenfeldt in North Burma. An
interesting fact - is that they were
the first two protestant mission-aries
to return to this field after
the Japanese occupation.
He is in the United States on a
furlough at which time he plans
to become an American citizen.
Walter came to Bethel because
he had heard that it was a good
Christian school. After his stay
here he plans to return to Burma.
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